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jong11
02/24/2011, 07:21 PM
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/59787482@N02/5474734971/" title="IMG_2599 by jong2012, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5212/5474734971_76332ca98f.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="IMG_2599" /></a>
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Here are some pics of the hitchhiker on the live rock i purchased the other day. Any ideas?

kduen
02/24/2011, 08:39 PM
Don't remember the specific name but it is a little worm that will pick-up tiny pieces of the substrate and make a tube for it's home. Pretty neat little guy and I wish I could remember the name.

SushiGirl
02/24/2011, 08:42 PM
Spinoid worm.

Kryos
02/24/2011, 08:43 PM
Spinoid Worms, I have alot of them too, Detrivore.. good unless irritating your coral

Edit: aw, someone beat me to it

jong11
02/25/2011, 01:20 PM
cool, thanks for the help... i read it could be a chaetopterids or spionids